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Sneak Peek!!

Look what I've been doing....well you can't really look til it reaches it's new home...but I'm so please with the way this turned out....My first go a 'Prairie Points'....I love them!! A bit more fiddly than a regular binding but adds that something extra to this special 'little' quilt!!

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It has been a week two weeks since Aden's Octonauts party and I think I have recovered enough to post about it. Special thanks to my sister for gabbing my camera and my MIL and SIL for their cameras, as I didn't take any all day!

Aden is a massive Octonauts fan! So when he didn't go for my initial plan of a 'Monsters' Party ( too scary Mummy!) we decided on Octonauts.

I did a lot of Internet searching and looking at a lot of Pintrest posts to gather all my ideas together.﻿﻿
There was lots of party food including Octonaut Cupcakes.
And a Kwazii cake as requested by the birthday boy!

We also had yellow/green/blue jelly cups with turtles in them and smarties cookies. As well as regular party food and hot finger food for the adults.

We had balloons, a birthday banner and streamers.

The oldest child at the party was 4 so there was no one to show them what to do with party games, so we had lots of outside toys and I made some play dough, which all the kids had fun wit…

It seems that there are a few stashes out there that are out of control....mine included! So after a chat with some online quilting/sewing ladies I've decided to host a stash busting effort for 2013.

The aim is that you make something (and finish it WIP's don't count!) out of you stash and that the out going fabrics are more than the incoming 'must have' fabrics.

I just can't put a ban on fabric buying....what if the BEST fabric ever is released this year and I miss out! So this will hopefully keep a lid on it!

To help keep track of that fact that your stash is shrinking I'm going to suggest that your count in Fat Quarters.

Backing and binding for quilts is easy to calculate.
Quilt tops can be more difficult. You can use the pattern requirements, if you use a pattern, to help work it out, or measure what is left of the fabric yardage/FQ's that you used, or you might like to weigh your finished top and use that weight of it to guesstimate how many FQ&…

Hi I'm AJ! I'm a married working Mummy to 1 beautiful son! I enjoy starting new quilts, playing with fabric and spending time with my family and friends. Feel free to leave me a comment. I'd love to know you've been here!